In The Waaagh! Faker by Guy Haley, the final instalment of the three-part Prophets of Waaagh! story, Uggrim and Bozgat are hard at work keeping Fat Mork walking so that they can join in with the Waaagh! as it gathers momentum. Snikgob and Talker, however, aren’t so sure it actually is a Waaagh! so decide take a closer look at just what’s causing a strange noise and weird ork behaviour. There they find a bunch of sneaky humies playing around with some strange technology, and realise that this isn’t a natural Waaagh! but an artificial one – it’s a humie trap!
It’s another bombastic and hugely entertaining audio drama, pulling together various threads from the previous two instalments into a satisfying conclusion to the wider story. There’s enough to do for all of the main cast to shine, especially the eccentric madboy Talker, and even if at first it’s occasionally tricky to tell them all apart, a second listen definitely helps in that respect. You’ll want to listen again anyway, just to enjoy the madcap story and revel in how well the script takes advantage of the audio medium to show things that just wouldn’t have the same impact in prose. There’s no doubt, Haley has the knack for writing orks, especially in audio!
